] The disc -- which will be introduced at the Optical ] Storage 2003 conference in Vancouver, Canada, next week ] -- is the same physical size as a CD or DVD and is ] capable of storing up to 36GB of data. It is one of two ] rewritable disc types that make up the initial AOD format ] proposal, the other being a single-sided disc capable of ] storing 20GB. The AOD format also includes 15GB and 30GB ] read-only disc types. |